Feather-fastener.



W. T. J. LYNCH.

FEATHER FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.24. I9I4.

1,155,428. Patented ont. 5, 1915.

UNITED STATES PATENT onirica.. f

' WILLIAM r. .L LYNCH, orjLBRcoKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF ToVAL J.

scHULTHEIs, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

f FEATHER-FASTENER.

Patented oeas, i915.

Application filed September 24, 1914. Serial No. 863,333.

To @ZZ whom t may concern." i f Be it known that I, VILLIAM T, J, LYNCH,citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Feather-Fas,

r a plurality of feathers to a hat. v

The main object of the invention is to provide an extremely simpledevice designed to be attached to a ladys hat for thepurpose ofremovably securing one or. more feathers or plumes in position thereon.

In carrying out the above end, a further object of the invention becomesto provide a device which will present an attractive appearance andwhich will be eliicient in operation. n .l

With the above and minor objects in View, the invention resides incertain novel features of construction and combination herein describedand claimed and shown in the drawings wherein: f

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the device touse; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the clip proper; Fig. 3 is avertical section as seen on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a verticalsection taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a horizontalsection as seen on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown my invention as comprisingrear and front plates l and 2 which are here shown as substantiallyelliptical in contour, each plate having a pair of pivot ears 3, theears of one contacting with the ears of the other in order that atransverse pivot pin 4 may be passed through said ears for the purposeof pivotally connecting the rear and front plates l and 2. As is commonwith most devices of this character, a coil spring 5 encircles the pivotpin 4 and has its opposite ends 6 bearing against the lower ends of theplates 1 and 2, therebv tending to force the upper end portions of theplates toward each other.

The upper end portions of the plates 1 and 2 are here shown as providedwith lat-k erally projecting gripping flanges 7 on their edges, the angeof one plate contacting with the flange of the otherplate. Although theconstruction so far described would probably suffice, it becomes eXpedient to notch the edges of the flanges 7vto provide a plurality ofgripping teeth 8', as most clearly seen in Fig. v3. n

In addition to the gripping flanges above described, the plates l and 2are provided with inwardly struck gripping flanges 9 which lie parallelto the pivot pin 4 and which are spaced inwardly from the flanges 7.These flanges 9 may be toothed as most clearly seen at l0 in Fig. 5, ortheir adjacent edges may be formedin any appropriate manner. v

Vith the parts as above described,y the rear platel is secured to a hatH lbystitchingthrough a plurality of perforations 11y which are formednear the edgey of said plate and the front plate is provided with anrornamental'covering, indicated at C in Fig. l, thereby producing arather neat ap-y pearance when the device is applied to [a hat and bymoving the lower ends ofthe plates l and 2 toward each other, it will benoted that the flanges 7 and 9 Will recede, thereby allowing the stemsof a number of feathers or plumes F to be correctly positioned betweensaid flanges whereupon, when the plates are released, the spring 6 willforce the upper ends of said plates l and 2 toward each other, tosecurely yet removably grip the feather stems, it being understood thatthe free ends of said stems are gripped by the teeth on the flanges 9,while the portions thereof adjacent the feathers proper are gripped bythe teeth on the flanges 7. It will therefore be seen that the provisionof the two sets of gripping flanges is an important feature since thefeathers are retained in properly spaced relation at all times.

The device becomes extremely advantageous when packing hats for thepurpose of shipping the same, since the various plumes or otherdecorations thereon may be readily removed, thus allowing a smaller boXto be employed and lessening the danger of mutilating the plumes.

I have set forth certain specific formations for carrying out theobjects of the invention, and have described the flanges 7 and 9 asequipped with gripping teeth, but I wish it understood that a deviceconstructed similarly to the above described article and provided withplain gripping flanges or with flanges provided with differently shapedteeth, lies clearly within the scope of the present invention.

In addition to the above, I wish it understood that the device may beVemployed not only for attaching feathers and plumes to a hat, but may beused for securing birds, artificial flowers, ribbons, bows and other hatdecorations thereto, that I need not be limited to the precise manner inwhich I have illustrated the device as attached to a hat, since anyappropriate means could be provided for this purpose, that the cover Ccould be made in any shape or design and, in fact, that this devicemight well be formed directly on the front plate 2, and that a device,constructed as above set forth, of round, square, triangular, or otheryformation would lie clearly within the scope of the present invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and describe and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the class described comprising a pair of substantiallyparallel platespivoted together to move toward and,

away from each other, av pair of gripping flanges extending inwardlytoward each other from the edges of the two plates disposed to one sideof the pivotal axis, an additional pair of gripping flanges projectinginwardly toward 'each other from the bodies of the plates and disposedbetween the pivotal axis and the aforesaid flanges, and a memberslprojecting inwardly from said ad-y jacent faces'of the plates anddisposed between the pivotal axis and the aforesaid members, and aspring for forcing the plates and the gripping members toward eachother.

3. A device of the class described comprising a pair of elongated plateslying substantially parallel to each other and having y laterallyextending pivot ears, a transversely extending pivot pin passing throughsaid ears, whereby the'two plates are pivoted to each other, a pair ofcrescent-shaped flanges projecting laterally toward each other from theedges of the plates to one side of the pivot pin, an additional pair offlanges projecting toward each other from'the two plates and disposedbetween the pivot pin and the aforesaid flanges, and a spring forforcing the two plates and their flanges toward each other.

In testimony whereof I have` hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses. Y

, Y c WILLIAM T. J. LYNCH. IVitnesses: VAL J. SCHULTHEIS,

RICHARD M. LANE..

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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